Norway wins hectic race, France vs Italy on photofinish

This race definitely shouldn't be considered as a full-fledged victory of one or another team. The absence of many leaders of the national teams of Norway, Sweden and Germany, terrible conditions at the shooting range. Someone was lucky to shoot in a calm, someone was unlucky, and she got into a storm. It happened that the first shields did 5 out of 5, and the next ones already was going the penalty loops.

The Russians were in the lead for a long time, but Irina Kazakevich at the 3rd stage completely shattered the hopes of the Russian team to win, going to 3 penalty loops. Lucie Harvatova, in the fight against Ingrid Tandrevold, flew off the track.

The best, or the luckiest, in all this turmoil turned out to be the Norwegians. This is their first win this season.

The French women were always close to the leading group, and only at the last stage, Anais Bescond, was able to get around her rivals and take a clear second place, but battle just began. Ulyana Nigmatullina rushed after her, Federica Sanfilippo and Joanna Reed were 10 seconds behind. And if the American isn't so fast, then the Italian was almost able to catch up with the French-Russian bunch.

Probably, Anais Bescon hasn't good form, otherwise how to explain the fact that on the rise the average Russian woman get away from Bescond, then the Italian also caught her. And only the photo finish gave preference to the French.

      Shooting Time
1 Norway Norway 6 1+10 1:12:54.1
  Karoline Knotten Offigstad   1+3 0+2  
  Tiril Eckhoff   0+1 0+2  
  Ida Lien   0+1 0+0  
  Ingrid Tandrevold   0+0 0+1  
2 Russia Russia 3 3+12 +24.6
  Valeriia Vasnetcova   0+2 0+2  
  Reztsova Kristina   0+2 0+1  
  Irina Kazakevich   0+1 3+3  
  Uliana Nigmatullina   0+0 0+1  
3 France France 1 0+13 +32.6
  Chloe Chevalier   0+1 0+0  
  Justine Braisaz   0+3 0+3  
  Paula Botet   0+1 0+3  
  Anais Bescond   0+1 0+1  
4 Italy Italy 7 0+13 +32.6
  Lisa Vittozzi   0+3 0+0  
  Dorothea Wierer   0+3 0+1  
  Samuela Comola   0+1 0+2  
  Federica Sanfilippo   0+1 0+2  
5 USA USA 14 0+13 +50.1
  Susan Dunklee   0+1 0+2  
  Clare Egan   0+3 0+2  
  Deedra Irwin   0+0 0+3  
  Joanne Reid   0+1 0+1  
6 Czech Czech Republic 9 0+8 +59.8
  Jessica Jislova   0+0 0+0  
  Tereza Vobornikova   0+0 0+2  
  Marketa Davidova   0+2 0+2  
  Lucie Charvatova   0+0 0+2  
7 Switzerland Switzerland 12 1+11 +1:03.7
  Amy Baserga   0+0 0+0  
  Lena Haecki   0+1 0+1  
  Elisa Gasparin   0+3 1+3  
  Selina Gasparin   0+3 0+0  
8 Germany Germany 5 0+13 +1:08.2
  Anna Weidel   0+2 0+1  
  Franziska Hildebrand   0+2 0+2  
  Janina Hettich   0+0 0+2  
  Hanna Kebinger   0+2 0+2  
9 Finland Finland 13 0+10 +1:18.9
  Suvi Minkkinen   0+2 0+3  
  Mari Eder   0+1 0+1  
  Erika Jaenkae   0+1 0+1  
  Nastassia Kinnunen   0+1 0+0  
10 Poland Poland 15 1+13 +1:36.0
  Monika Hojnisz-starega   0+2 0+2  
  Kamila Zuk   0+0 0+2  
  Kinga Zbylut   0+1 1+3  
  Anna Maka   0+3 0+0  
11 Ukraine Ukraine 8 1+10 +1:50.9
  Valj Semerenko   0+3 0+0  
  Darya Blashko   0+1 0+1  
  Anastasiya Merkushyna   0+0 1+3  
  Olena Bilosyuk   0+0 0+2  
12 Canada Canada 16 0+11 +2:09.7
  Emma Lunder   0+1 0+0  
  Sarah Beaudry   0+0 0+0  
  Emily Dickson   0+3 0+3  
  Megan Bankes   0+2 0+2  
13 Belarus Belarus 4 3+14 +2:39.5
  Dzinara Alimbekava   0+0 0+2  
  Iryna Leshchenko   0+0 1+3  
  Irina Kruchinkina   0+2 2+3  
  Hanna Sola   0+2 0+2  
14 Sweden Sweden 2 1+5 +3:20.0
  Mona Brorsson   0+0 0+1  
  Ingela Andersson   1+3 0+1  
  Johanna Skottheim   0+0 0+0  
  Annie Lind   0+0 0+0  
15 Estonia Estonia 10 3+17 +4:17.7
  Regina Oja   0+3 0+0  
  Tuuli Tomingas   1+3 1+3  
  SUSAn Kuelm   0+1 1+3  
  Johanna Taliharm   0+1 0+3  
16 Romania Romania 19 0+11 +4:35.2
  Natalia Ushkina   0+3 0+3  
  Anastasia Tolmacheva   0+1 0+2  
  Elena Chirkova   0+0 0+0  
  Andreea Mezdrea   0+1 0+1  
17 Austria Austria 11 3+14 +4:46.8
  Julia Schwaiger   0+3 0+2  
  Anna Juppe   0+3 0+2  
  Katharina Innerhofer   0+1 3+3  
  Christina Rieder   0+0 0+0  
18 Slovakia Slovakia 20 1+14 +4:55.5
  Paulina Fialkova   1+3 0+2  
  Ivona Fialkova   0+3 0+2  
  Henrieta Horvatova   0+0 0+2  
  Veronika Machyniakova   0+1 0+1  
19 Japan Japan 17 3+13  
  Fuyuko Tachizaki   0+1 2+3  
  Sari Maeda   0+3 1+3  
  Asuka Hachisuka   0+1 0+2  
  Yurie Tanaka      
20 Korea South Korea 21 1+8  
  Ekaterina Avvakumova   0+2 0+0  
  Seon-Su Kim   1+3 0+3  
  Eunjung Ko   0+0 0+0  
  Ji-Hee Mun      
21 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 18 3+9  
  Galina Vishnevskaya-sheporenko   2+3 1+3  
  Yelizaveta Belchenko   0+2 0+1  
  Darya Klimina-USAnova      
  Anastassiya Kondratyeva      
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World Cup, Annecy
Time CET
15.12.2022 - 14:10 - Sprint, Men
16.12.2022 - 14:15 - Sprint, Women
17.12.2022 - 12:10 - Pursuit, Men
17.12.2022 - 14:15 - Pursuit, Women
18.12.2022 - 12:10 - Mass start, Men
18.12.2022 - 14:15 - Mass start, Women
#   Name Pts
1 Norway Thingnes Boe Johannes 1589
2 Norway Holm Laegreid Sturla 1098
3 Norway Sjastad Christiansen Vetle 912
4 Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma 766
5 Germany Benedikt Doll 747
6 Norway Tarjei Boe 684
7 France Quentin Fillon Maillet 671
8 Norway Johannes Dale 656
9 Germany Roman Rees 642
10 France Fabien Claude 616
11 Switzerland Niklas Hartweg 608
12 Italy Tommaso Giacomel 593
13 Czech Michal Krcmar 556
14 Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson 446
15 Sweden Jesper Nelin 440
16 France Emilien Jacquelin 431
17 Switzerland Sebastian Stalder 426
18 Austria Simon Eder 406
19 Slovenia Jakov Fak 401
20 France Antonin Guigonnat 397
21 Germany Justus Strelow 350
22 Latvia Andrejs Rastorgujevs 349
23 Belgium Florent Claude 341
24 Germany David Zobel 336
25 Norway Filip Andersen 324
26 Germany Johannes Kühn 293
27 Lithuania Vytautas Strolia 274
28 Germany Philipp Nawrath 268
29 Finland Tero Seppala 228
30 Finland Olli Hiidensalo 223
#   Name Pts
1 France Julia Simon 1045
2 Italy Dorothea Wierer 892
3 Italy Lisa Vittozzi 882
4 Germany Denise Herrmann-wick 858
5 Sweden Karin Oeberg Elvira 764
6 Norway Landmark Tandrevold Ingrid 728
7 Sweden Hanna Oeberg 710
8 France Anais-Bouchet Chevalier 647
9 Czech Marketa Davidova 634
10 Austria Theresa Hauser Lisa 604
11 France Lou Jeanmonnot 583
12 Sweden Linn Persson 524
13 Germany Vanessa Voigt 517
14 Sweden Anna Magnusson 507
15 Norway Marte Olsbu Roeiseland 502
16 France Chloe Chevalier 483
17 Slovakia Paulina Batovska Fialkova 393
18 Norway Offigstad Knotten Karoline 373
19 Switzerland Lena Haecki Gross 369
20 France Caroline Colombo 330
21 France Chauveau Sophie 321
22 Finland Mari Eder 305
23 Canada Emma Lunder 298
24 Switzerland Aita Gasparin 267
25 Germany Hanna Kebinger 249
26 Switzerland Elisa Gasparin 247
27 Finland Suvi Minkkinen 228
28 Slovenia Polona Klemencic 227
29 Germany Anna Weidel 224
30 Germany Janina Hettich-walz 205
#   Nation Pts
1 Norway 8139.0
1 Norway 8993.0
2 France 7977.0
3 Germany 7813.0
4 Sweden 7399.0
5 Switzerland 6345.0
6 Czech Republic 6278.0
7 Austria 6219.0
8 Italy 6168.0
9 Ukraine 6005.0
10 Finland 5844.0
11 Slovenia 5828.0
12 USA 4998.0
13 Romania 4596.0
14 Lithuania 4522.0
15 Canada 4195.0
16 Estonia 4088.0
17 Poland 3735.0
18 Latvia 3565.0
19 Kazakstan 3237.0
20 Belgium 3227.0
21 Bulgaria 3142.0
22 Moldova 2918.0
23 Japan 2177.0
24 Slovakia 1836.0
25 South Korea 1761.0
26 New Zealand 921.0
27 Croatia 782.0
28 China 611.0
29 Greece 200.0
30 Spain 142.0
#   Nation Pts
1 France 8128.0
2 Sweden 7884.0
3 Norway 7859.0
4 Germany 7833.0
5 Italy 7575.0
6 Switzerland 6738.0
7 Austria 6648.0
8 Czech Republic 6350.0
9 Finland 5691.0
10 Ukraine 5399.0
11 Estonia 4909.0
12 Poland 4855.0
13 USA 4754.0
14 Canada 4592.0
15 Slovakia 4466.0
16 Slovenia 4187.0
17 Bulgaria 3434.0
18 Japan 3080.0
19 Romania 2975.0
20 Latvia 2273.0
21 Moldova 1926.0
22 Lithuania 1895.0
23 South Korea 1850.0
24 Belgium 1767.0
25 Kazakstan 1728.0
26 China 631.0
27 Croatia 484.0
28 Greenland 393.0
29 Australia 288.0

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